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- From: gordon@spot.Colorado.EDU (GORDON ALLEN R)
- Subject: Re: Strongest muscle - the TONGUE?
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- Date: 28 Jan 93 16:30:26 GMT
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- hhtra@usho21.hou281.chevron.com (T.M.Haddock) writes:
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- > Please excuse this simplistic question....
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- > My 2nd grader comes home and tell us what she has learned that day.
- > Yesterday is was:
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- > The strongest muscle in the human body is the TONGUE.
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- > Is that right?
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- > I always thought it was the muscles surrounding the uterus
- > in females followed by the jaw muscles in both males and females.
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- > Which is it?
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- > Any sources I can consult for a definitive answer?
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- > Thanks.
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- > TRAVIS
- > hhtra@hou281.chevron.com
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- I think you'll find that the quadriceps are the biggest and the strongest.
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